Khartoum, June 15 (SUNA) - The sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday, chaired by the Speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir, elected Ustaza Samiya Ahmed Mohamed as a Third Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, besides Mr. Hajo Gasmal-Sid as a Deputy Speaker The Assembly also formed 15 of its committees and decided to delay the establishment of its Peace and Unity committee for more deliberations with Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)
The Assembly established its committees as follow:-
1- Al-Zahawi Ibrahim Malaik, Chairman of Foreign Trade Committee with Ahmed Mohammed Al-Amin as his Deputy
2- Prof. Al-Hiber Yosuf Nouraddim, Chairman of Education Committee with Alawia Abdul Gadir as his Deputy
3- Marwa Othman Jaknoun, Chairperson of Legislation and Justice Committee, with a Deputy from the People's Movement
4- Mahadi Ibrahim, Chairman of the External Relations Committee, with Al-Tigani Muasta as his Deputy
5- Markazo Koko, Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee, with Tout Gulwak as his Deputy
6- Yonus Al-Shareef, Chairman of Agriculture and Animal Resource Committee, with Hussein Mohammed Hamdi as his Deputy
7- Mohammed Yousuf Abdullah, as a Chairman of the Energy and Mining Committee
8- Al-Fatih Eizaddin, Chairman of the Labour, Management and General Greienvec Committee with Hayat Ahmed Al-Mahdi as his Deputy
9- Fatharhman Shaila as a Chairman of the Information, Culture and Youth Committee
10- Al-Fatih Mohammed Sa'eed, Chairman of the Health, Environment and Population, with Afaf Tawer as his Deputy
11- Anthony Gerfy, Chairman of the Social and Family Affairs Committee. It is to be noted that the SPLM will assume the Chairmanship of the Economic, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Transport and Roads, Communications and Lands and Wildlife
Meanwhile, the Assembly approved its representatives in the Inter-African Parliament, including Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour, Dr. Suad Al-Fatih, Mohamed Ali Al-Mardhi, Hassabou Mohammed Abdul Rahman and a member from the SPLM
The National Assembly further approved participation of other four deputies as its representatives to the Inter-Arab Parliament and delayed nomination of its representatives for the National Council for the Press and Publication for more consultations
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